List of Presidents of Pakistan Since 1947 (With Photos)

The President of Pakistan is constitutionally the head of the state. The recently passed 18th Amendment has restored Pakistan’s government system as democratic, whereby the President is chosen by the Electoral College, which consists of the Senate, National Assembly, and the provincial assemblies, for a five-year term. Thus, the President of Pakistan is truly a complete representative figure in the government having the highest authority to run the government. The Prime Minister of Pakistan runs the state.

The President of Pakistan is also the Chairman of the National Security Council, the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The post also gives the President power to appoint the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Colonel-Commandant Marines.

The President of Pakistan is not allowed to serve more than two consecutive terms and he/she can be impeached and removed from the post if the two-third majority of the Parliament decides so. In Pakistan’s history, exchange of central chief executive powers have always jostled between the President and the Prime Minister often implementing changes through various amendments in the Constitution. Here is a complete list of all the Presidents of Pakistan since 1947.

1. Iskander Mirza (1899–1969)

In Office: 23 March 1956 – 27 October 1958

Total Duration: 2 Years, 7 Months, 4 Days

Status: Elected democratically

Political Party: Republican Party

2. Ayub Khan (1907–1974)

In Office: 27 October 1958 – 25 March 1969

Total Duration: 10 Years, 4 Months, 26 Days

Status: Military Dictator

Political Party: None

3. Yahya Khan (1917–1980)

In Office: 25 March 1969 – 20 December 1971

Total Duration: 2 Years, 8 Months, 25 Days

Status: Military Dictator

Political Party: None

4. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979)

In Office: 20 December 1971 – 13 August 1973

Total Duration: 1 Year, 7 Months, 24 Days

Status: Elected democratically

Political Party: Pakistan Peoples Party

5. Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1904–1982)

In Office: 13 August 1973 – 16 September 1978

Total Duration: 5 Years, 1 Month, 3 Days

Status: Elected democratically

Political Party: Pakistan Peoples Party

6. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988)

In Office: 16 September 1978 – 17 August 1988

Total Duration: 9 Years, 11 Months, 1 Day

Status: Military Dictator

Political Party: None

7. Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915–2006)

In Office: 17 August 1988 – 18 July 1993

Total Duration: 4 Years, 11 Months, 1 Day

Status: Elected democratically

Political Party: Independent

Wasim Sajjad (Born 1941)

In Office: 18 July 1993 – 14 November 1993

Total Duration: 3 Months, 27 Days

Status: Acting

Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (N)

8. Farooq Leghari (1940–2010)

In Office: 14 November 1993 – 2 December 1997

Total Duration: 4 Years, 18 Days

Status: Elected democratically

Political Party: Pakistan Peoples Party

Wasim Sajjad (Born 1941)

In Office: 2 December 1997 – 1 January 1998

Total Duration: 29 Days

Status: Acting

Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (N)

9. Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (Born 1929)

In Office: 1 January 1998 – 20 June 2001

Total Duration: 3 Years, 5 Months, 19 Days

Status: Elected democratically

Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (N)

10. Pervez Musharraf (Born 1943)

In Office: 20 June 2001 – 18 August 2008

Total Duration: 7 Years, 1 Month, 29 Days

Status: Military Dictator

Political Party: Later affiliated with Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

Muhammad Mian Soomro (Born 1950)

In Office: 18 August 2008 – 9 September 2008

Total Duration: 22 Days

Status: Acting

Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

11. Asif Ali Zardari (Born 1955)

In Office: 9 September 2008 – 8 September 2013

Total Duration: 5 Years

Status: Elected democratically

Political Party: Pakistan People’s Party

12. Mamnoon Hussain (Born 1940)

Mamnoon Hussain

In Office: 9 September 2013 – Incumbent

Total Duration: 6 months, 3 days and counting

Status: Elected democratically

Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Longest Time Served by a Democratically Elected President: Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (5 Years, 1 Month, 3 Days)

Although i am not satisfied from “PPP” but according to my opinion and also the history of Pakistan tells us that ‘ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO” was the great leader, and i am also impressed the leading and working of BHUTTO sahb..

how can he be the best
he won by dhandli
he took all money of pakistan and made offshore companies
and when his name came in panama leaks, he made excuse of health and fled to london
Can such a person be best

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